Desktop Tools and Development Environment

Quitting MATLAB

To quit MATLAB at any time, do one of the following:

• Click the Close box  in the MATLAB desktop.
• Select Exit MATLAB from the desktop File menu.
• Type quit at the Command Window prompt.

MATLAB closes after

• Prompting you to confirm quitting, if that preference is specified (see Confirm Quitting MATLAB)
• Prompting you to save any unsaved files
• Running the finish.m script, if it exists in the current directory or on the MATLAB path (see Running a Script When Quitting MATLAB)

Confirm Quitting MATLAB

To set a preference that displays a confirmation dialog box when you quit MATLAB, select File -> Preferences -> General -> Confirmation Dialogs, select the Confirm before quitting check box, and click OK. MATLAB then displays the following dialog box when you quit.

For more information, see Confirmation Dialogs.

You can also display your own quitting confirmation dialog box using a finish.m script, as described in the following section.

Running a Script When Quitting MATLAB

When MATLAB quits, it runs the script finish.m, if finish.m exists in the current directory or anywhere on the MATLAB search path. You create the file finish.m. It contains statements to run when MATLAB terminates, such as saving the workspace or displaying a confirmation dialog box. There are two sample files in $matlabroot/toolbox/local that you can use as the basis for your own finish.m file:

• finishsav.m--Includes a save function so the workspace is saved to a MAT-file when MATLAB quits.
• finishdlg.m--Displays a confirmation dialog box that allows you to cancel quitting.

For more information, see the finish reference page.

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